Floaters in eye with numerous black wavy lines followed by black shadow on the bottom of eye post air travel. Is it due to flight?

Hi I flew home from Atlanta, Ga and right after I started getting floaters in my left eye and with a lot of black wavy lines and it looks like a million flies are in my vision . Today I started with a black shadow on the bottom of eye. I am seeing eye doctor tomorrow and I believe I have a detached retina . Can an airplane flight cause this?

u may be right..that u might have retinal detachment..but still please verify it by yr doctor..retinal detachment may be caused by slight jerk in anyform..if there is a preexisting weakness in the retina..airplane flight may also precipitate it because of change of pressure in and outside the eye..kindly correlate and get the the treatment immediately..we want to save yr eye and vision..thanx

Answered: Sat, 14 Jul 2012

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